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Zalmen, or The Madness of God

"This play takes place during Yom Kippur in a post-Stalinist Russian synagogue, where a Rabbi waits for a Western acting troupe and gets extremely angry about the repression of Jews in the Soviet Union."

Cast

9872

Joseph Wiseman

as Rabbi

938161

Richard Bauer

as Zalmen

10360

Robert Prosky

as The Chairman

2389537

Sanford Seeger

as Srul

68927

Leib Lensky

as Shmuel

2389538

Michael Mertz

as Motke

2389539

David Reinherdsen

as Chaim

2389540

Glenn Taylor

as Zender

116056

Mark Hammer

as The Doctor

1217155

Howard Witt

as The Inspector

1902

Dianne Wiest

as Nina

2389541

John Koch

as Misha

102633

Gary Bayer

as Alexei

1545501

Michael Haney

as Guard

2389542

Kenneth Kantor

as Guard

171784

John Jellison

as The Cantor

2389543

Scott Schofield

as The Commissar

2389544

Nancy Dutton

as The Secretary

557998

Michael Gorrin

as Avrom

2389545

Leslie Cass

as Feige

Crew

1511738

Elie Wiesel

Writer

2389532

Nathan Edelman

Adaptation

1056130

Peter Levin

Director

148608

Alan Schneider

Director

2389533

Marion Wiesel

Adaptation

2251955

Seymour Barab

Musician

2389534

Danny Franks

Lighting Design

2389535

Marjorie Slaiman

Costume Design

1242551

Ken Campbell

Producer

2389536

Zelda Fichandler

Consulting Producer